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Gorgeous city
Reading your blog brought such great memories flooding back :) But I also vividly remember my poor tired feet from all the cobblestones and hills. The version of the Milyo story we heard was slightly risqué, and apparently his hand 'in his pocket' has other connotations... :/ I loved Plovdiv a lot and could easily go back :)

Plovdiv
Thank you for taking me on an in-depth exploration of Plovdiv. I visited myself a few years ago, but only seen to remember staying in an atmospheric communist block of flats at a very interesting home-stay. It seems there is much more to the city beyond this!

Hotel Ego
How coincidental that we stayed at the same hotel in Plovdiv!?!? Did you try the little garden restaurant directly across from the hotel? It was rather lovely. Your photos of Koprivshtitsa remind me very much of our time in Bansko. Looking forward to your thoughts on Plovdiv, and reading about the Meetup - I'm curious as I've never been to one :)

Wonderful Memories
Syl , so enjoyed reading your blog . Brought back memories of a wonderful trip . Xx Look forward to the next one .

Thanks
Thank you for such a great write-up of our day out. It was a shame we had to skip the Thracian tombs. Many of us had the chance to visit one on the Monday tour but unfortunately you had to leave before then :( And thank you too for your diplomatic approach to the discussion of the controversial mural. It wouldn't be seen as such by most of us in Europe but I appreciate that in the US opinion would be more divided, and I'm sorry it upset you to see it Sx

San Antonio
I often wondered what San Antonio was like and now I have a pretty good idea. Mind you I never realised that the Alamo was in the middle of a built-up area. I don't know why I should have thought that mind you. Another excellent blog Sylvia and I'll be following your tour around Texas with interest.

Tempted by Texas!
We've never really considered Texas when planning road trips in the US but it seems we should, as San Antonio sounds a wonderful place to visit! I especially like the look of the missions, and the Alamo would be fascinating to visit. It seems unlikely though that it used to take a day to ride 3 miles on horseback when you can walk it in an hour or less! Did you maybe mean to write 30 miles?

It is so lovely to read your travel-blog, dear Sylvia, and see Bulgaria through your eyes. I missed so much of Bulgaria and it is wonderful seeing your beautiful photos :) <3

Wonderful memories .
What a wonderful read Syl , I loved our holiday and a place I would gladly go back to . It’s brought it all back . I can still see the fields of roses and the wonderful aroma and fields of poppies . It was a picturesque village lots of lovely houses full of history . Thank you for bringing it all back to life Josie xx

More happy memories!
Memory was great, wasn't it? I had exactly the same trout dish as you and Rick, and it was definitely the best thing I ate in Bulgaria, even though I had many other tasty dishes :) I think our tour delay was down to Nadia picking up Teresa at her hotel - I don't think she allowed enough time for that so wasn't at the Ego when the driver arrived. But she was otherwise very good, I thought. A shame you didn't get a good stork nest photo - I didn't either, on this trip, but n our Monday outing (which you sadly missed) we made a stop in a village with a great example for us to photograph! I love your description of the houses we visited on this trip as 'looking through the keyhole at the lives of people who once lived here'! I too would have liked more time here and would happily have skipped the winery in favour of lunch here and free time to walk around afterwards, but I don't think any of us realised how much there was here when we arranged the tour.